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"This is a short monograph on the Kabbalah, written from a purely academic and somewhat critical point of view. The literature about the Kabbalah in the public domain in English is very limited. Most of the key texts and scholarly studies are in Hebrew, German, and other languages. So this well-crafted review of the literature is a real find.
Pick traces the origins and background of the Kabbalah to Jewish scholars of mediaeval Spain. He does not attribute any deeper roots to it historically, nor does he examine the roots of Jewish mysticism except for a brief mention of the Merkabah. Pick represents the Kabbalah as a backlash to the rationalism of Maimonides. He also discusses it as if it were purely of historical interest, ignoring the ongoing and lively popular interest in this belief system even in his day.
Pick provides a dissenting view to much of the uncritical literature produced at the turn of the 20th century by more mystically inclined authors, and as such is worth reading to get a more rounded view of the subject. If you are looking for an introduction to the subject written by an advocate of the Kabbalah, it might be better to start with some of the other books on the subject available at this site. But if you need a starting point for further academic study, this is a good place to begin. " (Quote from sacred-texts.com)
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Publisher's Preface; Foreword; Name And Origin Of The Cabala; The Development Of The Cabala In The Pre-zohar Period; The Zohar; The Cabala In The Post-zohar Period; The Most Important Doctrines Of The Cabala; The Cabala In Relation To Judaism And Christianity; Bibliography
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Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
"This is a short monograph on the Kabbalah, written from a purely academic and somewhat critical point of view. The literature about the Kabbalah in the public domain in English is very limited. Most of the key texts and scholarly studies are in Hebrew, German, and other languages. So this well-crafted review of the literature is a real find.
Pick traces the origins and background of the Kabbalah to Jewish scholars of mediaeval Spain. He does not attribute any deeper roots to it historically, nor does he examine the roots of Jewish mysticism except for a brief mention of the Merkabah. Pick represents the Kabbalah as a backlash to the rationalism of Maimonides. He also discusses it as if it were purely of historical interest, ignoring the ongoing and lively popular interest in this belief system even in his day.
Pick provides a dissenting view to much of the uncritical literature produced at the turn of the 20th century by more mystically inclined authors, and as such is worth reading to get a more rounded view of the subject. If you are looking for an introduction to the subject written by an advocate of the Kabbalah, it might be better to start with some of the other books on the subject available at this site. But if you need a starting point for further academic study, this is a good place to begin. " (Quote from sacred-texts.com)
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; Foreword; Name And Origin Of The Cabala; The Development Of The Cabala In The Pre-zohar Period; The Zohar; The Cabala In The Post-zohar Period; The Most Important Doctrines Of The Cabala; The Cabala In Relation To Judaism And Christianity; Bibliography
About the Publisher:
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org
Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
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"PICK, Bernhard, clergyman, born in Kempen, Prussia, 19 December, 1842. He completed his theological course in Union theological seminary, New York city, in i868. In that year he was ordained to the ministry in the Presbyterian church, but in 1884 he was received by the Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania as a member of that denomination. He has been successively pastor of congregations at New York in 1868, North Buffalo, New York, in 1869, Syracuse in 1870-'4, Rochester in 1874-'81, and at Alleghany, Pennsylvania, since 1881. He is a fine Hebrew and rabbinical scholar, and contributed many articles to McClintock and Strongrs "Cyclopmdia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature " and to the Schaff-Herzog " Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge." He is also a frequent contributor to various theological reviews, both in this country and in Europe, and among his works are "Luther as a Hymnist" (Philadelphia, 18'75); "Juedisches Volksleben zur Zeit Jesus" (Rochester, New York, 1880) ; "Luther's 'Ein' feste Burg' in Nineteen Languages" (1880; 2d ed., in twenty-one languages, Chicago, 1883); " Index to ' Lange's Commentary on the Old Testament'" (New York, 1882); "Jewish Artisan Life in the Time of Jesus," from the German of Franz Delitzsch (1883) ; "Historical Sketch of the Jews since the Destruction of Jerusalem" (1887); "Life of Christ according to Extra-Canonical Sources" (1887) ; "Index to the Ante-Nicene Fathers" (1887) ; and "The Talmud: what it is and what it says about Jesus and the Christians " (1887)." (Quote from famousamericans.net)
"PICK, Bernhard, clergyman, born in Kempen, Prussia, 19 December, 1842. He completed his theological course in Union theological seminary, New York city, in i868. In that year he was ordained to the ministry in the Presbyterian church, but in 1884 he was received by the Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania as a member of that denomination. He has been successively pastor of congregations at New York in 1868, North Buffalo, New York, in 1869, Syracuse in 1870-'4, Rochester in 1874-'81, and at Alleghany, Pennsylvania, since 1881. He is a fine Hebrew and rabbinical scholar, and contributed many articles to McClintock and Strongrs "Cyclopmdia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature " and to the Schaff-Herzog " Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge." He is also a frequent contributor to various theological reviews, both in this country and in Europe, and among his works are "Luther as a Hymnist" (Philadelphia, 18'75); "Juedisches Volksleben zur Zeit Jesus" (Rochester, New York, 1880) ; "Luther's 'Ein' feste Burg' in Nineteen Languages" (1880; 2d ed., in twenty-one languages, Chicago, 1883); " Index to ' Lange's Commentary on the Old Testament'" (New York, 1882); "Jewish Artisan Life in the Time of Jesus," from the German of Franz Delitzsch (1883) ; "Historical Sketch of the Jews since the Destruction of Jerusalem" (1887); "Life of Christ according to Extra-Canonical Sources" (1887) ; "Index to the Ante-Nicene Fathers" (1887) ; and "The Talmud: what it is and what it says about Jesus and the Christians " (1887)." (Quote from famousamericans.net)
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